Reclay Group

Environmental and Waste Management

The Reclay Group is your reliable partner for all enquiries regarding packaging and disposal management, the development of take-back systems for sales and transport packaging, electrical and electronic devices and batteries as well as national and international materials trading. With our offering, we help to close material cycles and provide the industry with important secondary resources. We have been active in the market since 2002. Today we attend to over 3,000 customers worldwide from industry and trade, and provide consulting services to governments to help them meet their recycling goals. Learn more about our leading managers, our services and our history.

Our Management

Raffael A. Fruscio

In 2002, Raffael A. Fruscio laid the foundation stone for the Reclay Group together with Martin Schürmann. As a managing partner, the chartered insurance clerk is responsible for the group’s strategic orientation and the development of new business segments. Furthermore, he manages the systems business as well as the fields of consulting, marketing and internationalisation. The Reclay Group’s ‘full service approach’ is built upon his strategic considerations.

Martin Schürmann

Martin Schürmann is a co-founder and partner of the Reclay Group. Alongside the group’s strategic orientation, his areas of responsibility also cover the fields of trading and material flows. A graduate in business management, he drafted the Reclay Group’s consulting concept and is responsible for the development of innovative recycling procedures with the aim of using waste as a secondary raw material and almost completely recycling it in production processes.

Dr. Fritz Flanderka

Dr. Fritz Flanderka has been the Managing Director of the Reclay Group since 2005. He also manages the legal and compliance departments and is jointly responsible for the group’s strategic orientation. Dr. Flanderka, who holds a doctorate in law, is an internationally recognised expert in the field of product responsibility (Extended Producer Responsibility), in the early 1990s, he was significantly involved in the organisation of the German dual recycling system and the umbrella organisation Pro Europe. Dr. Flanderka is the author of numerous specialist publications as well as being the principal author of the standard commentary on the German Packaging Ordinance.

History

Comprehensive Service from a Single Source

For 10 years now, we have been supporting our customers in meeting their legal waste disposal obligations. Over the course of time, we have been continually expanding our portfolio with new, specialised companies. Today, we cover the complete value chain of packaging disposal and recycling, and stand at your side as a knowledgeable consultant on all environmentally relevant questions.

Reclay Highlights

2002

Reclay is born

The founding of Reclay GmbH marked the start of our business group’s success story.

2004

Industry-specific solutions are added to our range of services

We launched our first industry-specific solutions, providing customers with the perfect complement to the dual waste disposal system.

2006

Start of our dual system

We received the nationwide approval for our dual system called Redual and brought a breath of fresh air to the market.

2010

Austria emerges as a new market

We campaigned to break up the existing monopolistic structures and now also provide our customers in Austria with comprehensive consultation services and a take-back scheme for commercial packaging.

Developing recycling expertise / trade in secondary raw materials

With the founding of WEM GmbH (known as Reclay Materials GmbH since 2014) we closed the recycling loop with an efficient material flow management.

2012

By children for children

Our environmental education initiative “Trendy helps children. Join In!“ was launched and is already showing the smallest ones among us that even used things are still of value.

National growth

We are taking over our competitor Vfw GmbH in order to offer our customers an even larger portfolio of services.

A hop across the big pond

In North America the topics of product stewardship and recycling are taking on increasing relevance. With the help of our affiliate company, Reclay StewardEdge, we provide consultation services to organisations and governments.

Safe disposal of expired and unwanted medication

With REMEDICA, we offer a take-back system in Austria through pharmacies for the environmentally sound and reliable disposal of medications that have expired or are no longer required.

2013

Expansion into Central and Eastern Europe

As of now we also consult our customers regarding their packaging licensing needs in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary.

2014

Developing the consulting business in France

In France, we established Valorie SAS to support distributors in terms of meeting their take-back obligations and identifying options for optimisation.

Packaging licensing for small businesses

activate – by Reclay enables us to offer online packaging licensing without a fixed contract term or minimum quantities.

Competition in Austria

Our efforts have paid off: competition has made its way into the market for household packaging. Reclay UFH GmbH was approved as a collection and recycling system.

2015

Expansion into South America

Reclay Chile SpA are consultants to the Chilean government for the introduction of legislation on extended producer responsibility (EPR). In addition, they advise companies on how to meet their packaging obligations resulting from this legislation.